Citizens who can apply for legal aid:
1. If a party to the above matters fails to appoint an agent due to financial difficulties, his legal representative may apply to a legal aid institution for legal aid;
2. If a criminal suspect or defendant in a criminal case fails to entrust a defender due to financial difficulties or other reasons, he or his close relatives may apply to a legal aid institution for legal aid;
3. Victims of criminal public prosecution cases and their legal representatives or close relatives, private prosecutors and their legal representatives of criminal private prosecution cases, plaintiffs and their legal representatives of criminal incidental civil litigation cases may apply to legal aid institutions for legal aid if they have not entrusted their legal representatives due to financial difficulties;
4. If a party refuses to accept the effective judgment or decision of the judicial organ to file a complaint or apply for retrial, and the people's court makes a judgment or ruling for retrial or the people's procuratorate files a protest, and fails to entrust a defender or agent ad litem due to financial difficulties, he or his close relatives may apply to a legal aid institution for legal aid;
5. If a person without or with limited capacity for civil conduct needs legal aid, his legal representative may apply for it on his behalf. Where a legal representative infringes upon the lawful rights and interests of a person without capacity for civil conduct or restricts the legal rights and interests of a person with capacity for civil conduct, other legal representatives or close relatives may apply for legal aid on his behalf;
6 detained criminal suspects, defendants, prisoners and compulsory isolation drug addicts can apply for legal aid by their legal representatives or close relatives.
The procedures for applying for legal aid are as follows:
1, apply to the legal aid institution and provide proof materials that meet the legal aid requirements;
2, the legal aid institution shall conduct a review after receiving the application;
3. If the materials are complete and conform to the statutory circumstances, it shall be accepted;
4. The legal aid institution shall complete the examination and make a decision on whether to provide legal aid within 5 working days from the date of accepting the application for legal aid.
To sum up, the application should be in written form and fill in the application form; If it is really difficult to apply in writing, you can apply orally, and the staff of the legal aid institution or the staff of the relevant institution that forwarded the application shall make a written record.
Legal basis:
Article 15 of the Regulations on Legal Aid
When applying for legal aid, the persons listed in Article 11 of these Regulations shall apply to the legal aid institution where the people's court hearing the case is located. The application of a criminal suspect in custody shall be transferred to a legal aid institution within 24 hours by the detention center, and the relevant documents and supporting materials required for applying for legal aid shall be notified by the detention center to the legal representative or close relatives of the applicant for assistance.